Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold hands-on review: Biggest display ever in a phone

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: The Redesigned Revolutionary

Probably it will be one of, if not the best evolution of a foldable phone. Huge design and display improvements besides new AI features really place the Pixel 9 Pro Fold quite well against the fiercest competition out there.

Key Features of the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

• Larger Main Display:

Up from the previous model, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold boasts a 7.6-inch OLED primary display that folds back to become an 8-inch one, boasting it as the largest foldable screen. With it 80% brighter, you can even use it under the sun.

• Compact Cover Screen:

The 6.3-inch full display totally lives up to all the large-screen credo ideas, but now it is followed by a slender aspect, much easier in the pocket.

• Sleek and Lightweight Design:

One of the things that stand out with the RAZR is just how thin it is compared to some of its competition. The device is only 0.2 inches thick when open and 0.4 inches when closed. Although it is indeed lightweight at just 9.14 ounces, it makes this gadget appear even slimmer in the hands of users to carry around with ease.

• Advanced AI Capabilities:

The artificial intelligence features that the Tensor G4 chip make this workable and well-advanced; hence, this phone is hence useful and pretty much fast.

It has more or less done much to improve on that Ultrawide camera by tacking on a dedicated Macro mode, panoramic photography, as well as sweeping changes to better low-light performance and easier taking of sweeping vistas.

Competing in the Foldable Market

All of these new improvements make Pixel 9 Pro Fold a strong contender against many top-rated and popular foldable phones already in the market, such as Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 6 or OnePlus Open. All this cements more or less the case to be one of the most invincible competitors, eyeing the champion foldable of 2024.

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Specifications

A new device on the market is Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which literally just began being sold yesterday, on September 4. Pre-orders for this are currently available from AED 6,599.

Something like the OnePlus Open is still expensive, but it's a long way from the sky-high AED 7,199 starting price of the Galaxy Z Fold 6, which we just finished talking about. While the OnePlus Open does trim some of the price off that cost, it also dials back some of the feature sets you'd expect from this Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

A Redesigned Look and Feel

Open the fold directly after turning it on, and one can already feel that a very fresh design has been made on Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The main display is much slimmer, while the front one is much taller, which means it's in a lot more packed up form factor of, say, the Z Fold 3 from Galaxy. But then it sprouts into 8 inches of the screen.

And this also did good to make the renders really clean-looking, with large-girth bezels stripped off the main displays for a more immersive view than what most popular apps could really fit authentically on the screen of devices—something that hurt in the first Pixel Fold showing with a big disadvantage.

The highlight is in the major design changes and all of the known changes so far to this Pixel 9 Pro Fold display, as this one has the property to fold flat. This, when placed flat, translated to the thinnest foldable that will hit 0.2 inches, with impressively thin bezels. This is while closed and has a thickness of 0.4 inches.

The 9.1-ounces-lighter device improves on multitouch, which is good: handling feels somewhat less unwieldy than, say, the 10-ounce gadget from which it sprang.

Still, it's heftier compared to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and OnePlus Open. Though it might be newer and, in theory, more durable with a stainless steel hinge and aluminum alloy cover skin, respectively, adopted by the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The case is further helped by the Pixel 9 Pro also having IPX8 water resistance; this essentially results in the device being quite serviceable in any watery activity. However, this is another place where foldable devices fall short on protecting use from the dust.

The lone wart in the design, however, was a rather ugly camera block that was very prominent from the left side of it and slightly less streamlined compared to the camera bars on some Pixel 9 Pro handsets.

Display Innovations

So, that's a maximum of an 8-inch screen, rather huge for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. That is still not more enormous than if one were holding onto the Galaxy Z Fold 6 or the OnePlus Open, which in general means that nice size can be felt about the device. The other primary upgrade in regard to the display is that now the peak brightness goes up to 2,700 nits, making it pretty usable under bright outdoor scenarios.

Color representation for "Captain America: Brave New World" looked great, with rich color and clear contrast during testing for screen presentation. Otherwise, it looks like there will still be some who are left unconvinced of the hinge-right crease on the main display when compared with early models.

Therefore, an OLED display of 6.3 inches out would mean both a larger diagonal compared to the currently unannounced Pixel Fold's original design with an out screen of 5.8" and, at large, a little better size-to-functionality ratio.

Camera Enhancements

For instance, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold zero has the new updated hardware for the main camera, Google Assistant minding the settings, falling to very strong primary hardware—a 48MP main camera, an added 10.5MP ultra-wide working together, with a 10.8MP in 5x optical zoom, reaching the 20x digital zoom.

And in the ultra-wide camera, they added the macro mode. This lets you get really close without switching the features to realize its own and will turn on with the camera closing in on an active subject. As I tried to text them out to take a picture of a flower, it just captures fine, giving sharp edges and forming colors.

New intuitive panorama mode with a guide for alignment of shots. Tester shots, like the one following, really pushed the panoramic; wide-angle eyeballing the Dubai Skyline here. Now, what they made very clear is that you can capture plenty in big landscapes—lots of details. So, one of those cool features we're looking most forward to testing with the iPhone 13 Pro is the substantially upgraded low light performance of while capturing panoramic photos.

The front camera on the radit4 is anywhere between 8MP and 10MP, while under additional cool features, one can find "Made You Look," through which smooth clicking can be comfortably performed, even by children. Cute animations scroll on the screen whenever it is felt that the focus is not towards the camera of a child.

Now, for video, Pixel 9 Pro Fold comes loaded with an adapted version of Google's NightSight mode capable of producing much better videos in those hard-to-light scenes. However, through AI enhancements, the company managed to bring out a clearer feel by reducing noise toward this. AI and Its LiDAR

The AI features—well, not counting more philosophical geek arguments around human learning capacity and phone suggestions—on smartphones turned into somewhat of a battleground. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold carries the standard with respect to a Tensor G4 chip and now 16 GB of RAM. Yes, this is Google; therefore, these AI features are promised to be top-notch rather than just some half-baked gimmicks you can't "oeuvre" your way around.

AI Features and Performance

Important use cases for the model's AI features include the "Add Me" feature, which enables users to easily chip into group pictures by overlaying an image attempting to emanate from augmented reality. All this is done toward getting rather natural-looking group shots complete with the right amount of real depth and all its details. I then clicked on the "Reimagine" tab, with the assistance of text to the effect, whereby the generative AI transforms an image into whatever one inputs.

Generally, one will end up getting creative this way but without really making any effort to do it, or one will only become aware of the gross controls that, criminally, ought to suffice—for instance, taking an ocean picture and only needing to know to what height the waves should go up, just to be able to tell what it is that the text instruction requires. And now, with the latest application, Pixel Studio, there lies a power in the rise of a picture into reality, right from its ideas, as it has so many possibilities, even if it is illustrated by an AI-powered device.

It's never enough, though, with very minuscule but very important features like this; Google does not give one room to splash anything much creatively into it. Other AI-driven features include pixel screenshots, which let you even make a natural language search for anything on that screenshot, and even be able to apply an action right from that screenshot—say, the addition of the event date to a calendared event.

Live, on the other hand, is an AI project within Google that will make communicating with AI an engaging experience. One could take it to be a personal cure-all; it's the realization that people have many important tasks besides just 'handling the day'. This goes far beyond voice acting, for instance, of the digital assistant Siri and the like.

Battery and Charging Capabilities

At the very least, surprising were the battery life and capacity charging of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold. It runs, of course, on the 4,650 mAh power cell—a bit smaller one—against the earlier 4,821 mAh legion, out over some concerns that might pop up from enthusiasts for whom long battery duration is significantly more important than almost any other factor around.

Maybe, just maybe, that is where the thin ray of optimism lies—the newest chip brings in a bit more efficiency. It's basically as if one heard the rumor that says the Tensor G4 is going to do plenty better when it concerns power management and have a small-sized battery—all but nullifying any battery anxiety. Add to this the fact that the Pixel 9 Pro Fold features a 45W power, meant to hasten the recharging process, although the speed is not detailed thus far by Google.

Real-world testing will definitely show off at what speed this newfound charging will be realized and if the level is better or worse than the created expectations that some other top-tiered foldables have portrayed. Most probably, such uncertainly discounts sealing the deal with most potential buyers, especially those sensitive not only to the battery lifespan but also to rapid charging.

Conclusion

Truly substantial innovation widely favored for years, the new Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold catapults the innovation sophistication right up to date.

It is debuted with several upgrades over its predecessor: a larger and brighter display that provides better visual capacity and greater AI features, while performance ensures that it will be smarter than the previous units. The more ergonomic design reduces significantly the tiredness of operation.

With that in mind, it really means the Pixel 9 Pro Fold is strong competition—enough to make the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 sweat, and it ensures the new OnePlus Open will pay attention.

In this regard, the competition on the foldable smartphone market is going to be tough — new tech has definitely been imbibed, an appropriate design will be in place, and price competitiveness is inevitable. Hopefully, the Pixel 9 Pro Fold will be one of the strongest propositions from which no potential buyer can let go without considering. In fact, the idea is to bank on those followers of the Google universe who require or desire full-fledged engagement with the other services from Google.

That said, there is a fairly significant caveat with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold: that it is an all-around innovation in a market sector where most players seem to have actually done a knock-up job coming out with some new features or refinements that really might fit in pretty neatly, actually. In other words, it means that it is actually well positioned—an amazing experience for anyone looking toward a next-generation foldable type of device.

FAQs

1. What is the price of the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold in Dubai?

Now, the price rests at around AED 6,599 for the 256 GB variant, of course. It's some very premium pricing towards such a foldable goodie, this being just one of a few newest innovations available right now in the high-end specimen pack.

If you need more memory, there is a version that offers 512 GB of RAM; this, of course, does not come for free. This memory is greatly price-pointed compared to most other folding smartphones out right now. It comes loaded with just about every best possible feature that has been stuffed and dried in with innovation and justified at the price tag.

2. What are the standout features of the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold?

Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: The 8-inch display on the device features an area pervading an exceedingly rich color palette with deep contrast. It is underpinned by the Tensor G4 chip for smooth performance, further added with 16GB of RAM to ensure multitasking is never an issue.

Still, with a tempting brand-new AI and updated AI abilities that will place a position one's customer experience today at a newer height never done before, coming with real-time translations plus predictive text, among others—so thin and lovely you would dread the day you ever have to say no to the Pixel 9 Pro Fold if you actually know the Pixel 9 Pro Fold comes from that foldable line.

The selling point of the phone would likely be its elegance and durability, which in fact separates it even further in the fast-crowding foldable phone market.

3. How does the camera performance of the Pixel 9 Pro Fold compare to other foldable phones?

The main shooter on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold bears the load of a powerful 48MP camera sensor, churning out nice quality images in terms of color accuracy and fine details. The ultrawide and telephoto lenses do get bumped up a bit with just a tad more flexibility in different shooting scenarios.

Pretty good, though it's one of those areas that have always helped make camera performance one of the best, at least in the Pixel lineup— and it doesn't exactly speak of the case when seeing devices of this sort around here: foldable phones, high-end members of the Pixel 9 lineup. It remains a rewarding experience for real-world, day-to-day photo and video shooting.

There were a few shots where performance dropped in low-light conditions, though, and then some other advanced zoom capabilities related to a couple of competitors. Taking all of that into account, though, in very general terms, this is one of the stronger options out there actively on the market in terms of space for folding camera phones.

4. What AI features are available on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold?

The 9 Pro Fold Pixel stores many new features for Demo facture supposed to eliminate all frictions in life. Addendum The very latest facial recognition even allows the cropping of a group picture even when the photo has been taken with the subject not part of the group.

Imagination Re-imagination Editing tools are so powerful, and one can alter the caption of an image in so many ways. It tells how much fast, actually. The Share-Screenshot option in Pixel Screenshots is pretty instant into giving the annotation. Also, commands can be done with a voice and for real-time translation. This makes the application ready for very professional work and useful for use in most countries.

5. Does the Pixel 9 Pro Fold support fast charging?

Yeah, it charges fast because it supports 45W fast charging, meaning it gets full to the brim and shortens the time I would waste waiting for it to charge compared to it being full enough to use all day with other engagements. This can be a very frustrating experience for users with busy schedules.

It would be quite welcome to ensure that such busy people never go for days without communication just because their gadgets cannot hold charges, a fact that the quick-charging capability in their gadgets ensures. But then again, the firm is silent on facts to show how long it will take before it reaches full-charge once the device is given the quick-charge boost, even though Google claimed it is indeed a quick charger.

There shall probably have to be some practical tests so that one can fully enjoy the level of speed and impact when charging through practically. This said, nevertheless, is all too likely to deliver.